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- US Consular Application for Registration-Native Citizen
Emma M. McKeown
Cairo, Egypt
born at Nuckolls Co., Neb., June 10th, 1884
Father: Robert McKeown
Left the United States Oct. 5th, 1916
arriving at Egypt Dec. 1st 1916
Purpose: missionary work on behalf of the United Presbyterian Church of North America.
Legal domicile is in Kansas City, Missouri
temporary local address is c/o American Mission, Khartoum, North, Egypt.
Not married.
- LKH Note:
Emma married Herbert Basil Rivington
In 1931 they and their two children sailed on the S.S. Majestic from South Hampton, England arriving in New York on 26 May 1931.
Herbert Basil Rivington (b. 1877, London, England)
Emma Myrtle Rivington (b. 1883, Nebraska, USA)
Lavina Edith Rivington (b. 1921, Atchison, USA)
Robert Thurston Rivington (b. 1923, Khartoum, Egypt)
Their last residence at that time was Menouf, Egypt
Herbert Basil Rivington was a minister. He, Emma, and the children were missionaries in Egypt.
From news articles, it appears that the family visited Emma's relatives in the the US in 1931 and 1956. Later they settled in England.
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- Mount Clare News
On Saturday at Lincoln park in Superior a gathering was held and a picnic dinner served honoring the Rev. Herbert Rivington, wife and three children, missionaries from C.M.S. Menorif, Egypt who are in this country on a furlough.
Mrs. Rivington was formerly Miss Emma McKeown and was born in the Beulah neighborhood near Mt. Clare. Some 35 or more were present, representing the following families: McKeowns of Cadams and Superior, Mrs. Edith Smith, McCook, Crawfords, Moranvilles, Sloanes, Bairds, McFarlands and McCrums.
Nuckolls County Herald, Nelson, Nebraska. Friday, 26 June 1931.
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- Rev. and Mrs. Herbert Rivington and three children arrived Friday from New Jersey for a few days visit at the W.E. McKeown home, and with other relatives in this country. Rev. Rivington and his wife, the former Miss Emma McKeown, have been doing missionary work for about 25 years, most recently in East Africa. They are to be back in Cairo, Oct. 1.
The Superior Express, Superior, Nebraska. Thursday, 28 June 1956.
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